Contents • • • • • • • Early life and career [ ] Schimmel was born in the, New York City, the son of Betty and Otto Schimmel, survivors of the. He was voted class clown during high school and was in the for one year during the.
Profile of stand-up comedian Robert Schimmel including complete works, video, biography, jokes, reviews and tour schedule.
A resident of, his career began when, at the urging of his sister, he performed at a 's open-mic night. A club owner in Los Angeles offered to make him a regular, but when Schimmel moved there he found that the club had burned down. Undaunted, and with some help from, who invited him to perform on his HBO Young Comedians Special, Schimmel began making a name for himself. He wrote material for and for comedians such as and.
Schimmel married his first wife, Vicki, in 1977, and they had four children together. Their son Derek died from cancer at the age of 11. Schimmel later divorced and remarried, having two sons with his second wife, Melissa. Comedic style [ ] Schimmel cited as his all-time comedy hero.
Schimmel incorporated many aspects of his personal life into his act, even his cancer and the death of his son. In one signature bit, Schimmel joked about making obscene suggestions to a lady from the. His act was described as raunchy and sexually explicit, which he claimed as the reason he never appeared on network television. He said his inappropriate comments on and caused him to be removed, though he later returned to O'Brien's show. However, his edgy style made him a hit on. Personal life [ ] As an adult, Schimmel suffered from cancer and had one of his testicles removed. In 1998, Schimmel suffered a heart attack.
In June 2000, he was diagnosed with. His treatments included and required long stays in the hospital. Schimmel was arrested in on May 2, 2009 as a result of an alleged confrontation between himself and his wife Melissa.
The district attorney eventually declined to press charges, citing insufficient evidence. On May 8, 2009, Melissa Schimmel filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. During an interview on The Howard Stern Show on January 28, 2010, Schimmel announced that he developed as a result of a infection from a that he received while in the Air Force. His cirrhosis had progressed to the point that he was working to be added to the waiting list for a donated liver. Death [ ] On August 26, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Schimmel was a passenger in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah. After veering off the road to avoid hitting another vehicle, the car flipped onto its side and came to a stop in the shoulder of the freeway.
Schimmel was hospitalized at John C. Lincoln hospital (North Phoenix) in serious condition, while Aliyah was hospitalized in stable condition. Schimmel's son Jacob, who was also in the vehicle at the time of accident, was uninjured. On September 3, 2010, Schimmel died of his injuries. He is interred at the Paradise Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale, Arizona. Works [ ] Albums [ ] • Comes Clean, (1996) • If You Buy this CD, I Can Get this Car, Warner Bros.
Records (1998) • Unprotected, Warner Bros. Records (1999) • The Early Years, Murder Inc. Records (2002) • Reserection, Murder Inc. Records (2003) Videos • Unprotected, HBO (1999) • Life Since Then, Image Entertainment (2009) Book • Cancer on Five Dollars a Day* (*chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.
Da Capo Press (2008) References [ ]. • ^ Wilson, Eric (September 4, 2010). • Loughlin, Sean (November 22, 2007) Casino Scene.
• Bickley, Tami (October 8, 1999). Jewish News of Greater Phoenix August 14, 2007, at the. • Beggy & Stoughton (November 16, 2002). • Blowen, Michael (October 23, 1998). 'Schimmel gets jokes the hard way.' • Vaughan, Robin (November 5, 1999).
Comedy; 'Schimmel's a regular, stand-up guy. Diario Di Una Schizofrenica Libro Pdf Jagger. Convert Files To Jpeg. ' • Brownfield, Paul (October 13, 1998).
Risque Business; 'Comic Robert Schimmel, in Brea This Week, Is Happy Being Blue.' • Deena Beasley (September 5, 2010)., September 8, 2010, at the. • Rusnak, Jeff (August 27, 1998). Blue comic doesn't need Clinton gags. • Brownfield, Paul (October 28, 1998). A Comedian's Life (Expletives Deleted); Comedy: There's a reason why Robert Schimmel doesn't have a sitcom. • Parks, Steve (January 26, 2001).